Man these QBs are way overpaid these days. 18 mil a year? For Cutler? Rodgers should be making 28 or more a year. Like really, if you could have Cutler or Rodgers for roughly the same exact price(Rodgers cap hit this year was 12 mil actually) you would take Rodgers 100 times out of 100. To a certain point I don't care I know the salary cap is going to rise plus we're guaranteed one less threat in the NFC now. I'm trusting Gettlemagic to not highly overpay Newton but I guess I can't avoid the fact that we are going to overpay him, considering we're winning the Superbowl this year. _________________SuperCam Career stat track.
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Man these QBs are way overpaid these days. 18 mil a year? For Cutler? Rodgers should be making 28 or more a year. Like really, if you could have Cutler or Rodgers for roughly the same exact price(Rodgers cap hit this year was 12 mil actually) you would take Rodgers 100 times out of 100. To a certain point I don't care I know the salary cap is going to rise plus we're guaranteed one less threat in the NFC now. I'm trusting Gettlemagic to not highly overpay Newton but I guess I can't avoid the fact that we are going to overpay him, considering we're winning the Superbowl this year.

Do you think Cutler is worth 18 mil? Keep in mind Rodgers makes just under 18 mil next season, Peyton Manning makes just under 18 next season, and Drew Brees also makes under 18 mil next season. Surprisingly enough they have all won the big one. In fact no team in the playoffs this year has a QB with a cap hit over 18 mil, and don't quote me on this because I don't feel like looking it up but I believe there is only 5 teams whose QB cap hit is over 10 mil this year. Considering Colin, Cam, Russell, Luck, Dalton, A. Smith, and Foles are the other QBs, their cap average is probably well under. Also, don't quote me on this either, but I'd be willing to bet that the average cap hit of the QB of the winning Super Bowl the last ten years team is low. Like very low, probably well under 18 mil a year._________________SuperCam Career stat track.
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Do you think Cutler is worth 18 mil? Keep in mind Rodgers makes just under 18 mil next season, Peyton Manning makes just under 18 next season, and Drew Brees also makes under 18 mil next season. Surprisingly enough they have all won the big one. In fact no team in the playoffs this year has a QB with a cap hit over 18 mil, and don't quote me on this because I don't feel like looking it up but I believe there is only 5 teams whose QB cap hit is over 10 mil this year. Considering Colin, Cam, Russell, Luck, Dalton, A. Smith, and Foles are the other QBs, their cap average is probably well under. Also, don't quote me on this either, but I'd be willing to bet that the average cap hit of the QB of the winning Super Bowl the last ten years team is low. Like very low, probably well under 18 mil a year.

If the Bears didn't pay it someone else would have... Romo got paid, Stafford got paid and now Cutler is getting paid. Newton will get paid very well b/c the market demand that he does. Also, Kaepernick, Wilson Dalton, Luck and Foles all will have a nice payday that is equivalent to what Cam will get b/c you just cannot allow a franchise QB touch the FA market. So it really doesn't matter if you or I think Cutler or anyone is worth their contract b/c obviously someone very high up in the NFL believes he is. Like I said, the market determines the dollars...

Do you think Cutler is worth 18 mil? Keep in mind Rodgers makes just under 18 mil next season, Peyton Manning makes just under 18 next season, and Drew Brees also makes under 18 mil next season. Surprisingly enough they have all won the big one. In fact no team in the playoffs this year has a QB with a cap hit over 18 mil, and don't quote me on this because I don't feel like looking it up but I believe there is only 5 teams whose QB cap hit is over 10 mil this year. Considering Colin, Cam, Russell, Luck, Dalton, A. Smith, and Foles are the other QBs, their cap average is probably well under. Also, don't quote me on this either, but I'd be willing to bet that the average cap hit of the QB of the winning Super Bowl the last ten years team is low. Like very low, probably well under 18 mil a year.

If the Bears didn't pay it someone else would have... Romo got paid, Stafford got paid and now Cutler is getting paid. Newton will get paid very well b/c the market demand that he does. Also, Kaepernick, Wilson Dalton, Luck and Foles all will have a nice payday that is equivalent to what Cam will get b/c you just cannot allow a franchise QB touch the FA market. So it really doesn't matter if you or I think Cutler or anyone is worth their contract b/c obviously someone very high up in the NFL believes he is. Like I said, the market determines the dollars...

I never really said you didn't. I just kinda was stating my opinion why its not smart in terms of a championship team standpoint._________________SuperCam Career stat track.
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One thing that I'm very interested in seeing is how these mobile, athletic quarterbacks age. More and more teams seem to be relying on this new breed of mobile quarterbacks. They can't rely on their speed forever, and at some point they are going to need to be a reliable pocket passer. How many years can they rely on their legs to bail them out?

Michael Vick had a big year in 2010, but since he's hit his thirties he hasn't been nearly as effective. And now he isn't even starting. Concussions and other injuries contributed too. I just wonder how long Cam can hold up. Three years now and he hasn't missed a game yet, and playing with a pretty mediocre offensive line for almost his entire career. We have all seen him get banged up pretty badly, and come up gimpy at times.

One thing that I'm very interested in seeing is how these mobile, athletic quarterbacks age. More and more teams seem to be relying on this new breed of mobile quarterbacks. They can't rely on their speed forever, and at some point they are going to need to be a reliable pocket passer. How many years can they rely on their legs to bail them out?

Michael Vick had a big year in 2010, but since he's hit his thirties he hasn't been nearly as effective. And now he isn't even starting. Concussions and other injuries contributed too. I just wonder how long Cam can hold up. Three years now and he hasn't missed a game yet, and playing with a pretty mediocre offensive line for almost his entire career. We have all seen him get banged up pretty badly, and come up gimpy at times.

I don't think that's a concern this time around. Cam is only 24 and is one of the biggest QBs in the league. He will hold up way better than a normal running QB._________________